Kathleen Mc Hugh
About Kathleen Mc Hugh
Kathleen Mc Hugh is a Senior Category Development Manager at Chobani, where she has worked since 2018. She has extensive experience in category management and customer insights, having held various roles at companies like Bayer, Merck Consumer Care, and Schering-Plough.
Work at Chobani
Kathleen Mc Hugh has been employed at Chobani as a Senior Category Development Manager since 2018. In this role, she focuses on category development strategies to enhance product positioning and market presence. Her experience in the consumer goods sector contributes to her effectiveness in this position, where she collaborates with various teams to drive growth and innovation.
Experience at Bayer
Kathleen Mc Hugh held multiple positions at Bayer, starting as an Interim Manager for Customer Development for brands such as Claritin, Afrin, and Coricidin HBP from 2014 to 2015. She then served as Manager of Category & Shopper Solutions for Suncare from 2017 to 2018. Additionally, she worked as Manager of Customer & Shopper Activation for CVS Health from 2015 to 2016. Her roles involved strategic planning and execution to optimize customer engagement and sales performance.
Professional Background in Consumer Care
Before her tenure at Chobani, Kathleen Mc Hugh worked at Merck Consumer Care in various capacities. She served as Senior Customer Insights Manager for OTC Healthcare at CVS Headquarters from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that, she was Senior Category Strategy Manager for Upper Respiratory from 2012 to 2013 and Senior Customer Category Manager for CVS Allergy/Upper Respiratory from 2005 to 2012. Her roles focused on customer insights and category management.
Educational Background
Kathleen Mc Hugh completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Saint Joseph's University, specifically at the Erivan K. Haub School of Business, where she concentrated in Pharmaceutical Marketing. She attended the university from 1997 to 2001. Earlier, she graduated from Bishop Kearney High School, where she studied from 1994 to 1997.
Early Career at ACNielsen and Schering-Plough
Kathleen Mc Hugh began her career as an Analyst at ACNielsen from 2001 to 2002. She then joined Schering-Plough, where she worked as a Customer Business Analyst from 2002 to 2005 and later as a Customer Category Manager for Rite Aid in 2005. These early roles provided her with foundational experience in data analysis and customer category management.